WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE?
TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 7pm
Speakers: @InayaFolarin and @samdavspeak
Chair: @RMCunliffe
Symposiarch: @rialina_
FREE. Register https://t.co/Fj51ql8cXR
"Left and Right is no longer about ideas - it’s about groups that are opposed to each other."
@Nikos_17 on political tribalism: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR
"The idea that I’m not going to say anything about racism because I’m white is a tyranny."
@Fox_Claire says it's an obligation on all of us - regardless of skin colour - to say what we believe to be true: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"The idea that I’m not going to say anything about racism because I’m white is a tyranny."
@Fox_Claire says it's an obligation on all of us - regardless of skin colour - to say what we believe to be true: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"Free speech has real consequences for some people."
@faizashaheen on how conversations about racism quickly descend into defensiveness: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"I want people to talk about why Britishness is a good thing - because it’s been entirely forgotten."
@SebastianEPayne says people must make the case for the Union in politics: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"We have a very narrow idea of what power looks like - we’re on our twentieth Etonian Prime Minister."
@faizashaheen warns that the Conservatives may not have the easy ride they expected: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"It reminds me of when the Miners’ wives groups formed - people who have never been involved in politics are now organisers. It's sown the seeds of something."
@Fox_Claire reflects on her time in @brexitparty_uk: https://t.co/KaH25botuC
"When you give up on the idea that human beings can be authors of history & change the world, it's easy to fall into the politics of identity."
@Nikos_17 on how politics became toxic: https://t.co/v4CUSLmwfh
"The most irritating thing in the world is going 'I hate the Tories' in order to get applause."
@Fox_Claire on the need for open political dialogue: https://t.co/1S8hP3uwfJ
"Let's talk about reuniting refugee children with their families; or how you shouldn't need to earn £28k a year to be with the person you love."
@faizashaheen on how important discussions needn't be so toxic: https://t.co/1S8hP3uwfJ
"The business of policy creates social circumstances that affect the way we interact with one another."
@AyoCaesar on how policies - not people - are to blame for incivility: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR
Shout out to @TheSekforde for the continued support and wonderful staff who made our first two events not only possible, but beautiful. #londonsymposium #2020 #thankyou
"Left and Right is no longer about ideas - it’s about groups that are opposed to each other."
@Nikos_17 on political tribalism: https://t.co/v4CUSLE7DR